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the same afternoon my seatmate, a young gentleman by the name of aber from connecticut real we tried to enter a so-called white waiting room and we were met by a group of men who beat us and left us lobbying in a pool of blood. the local authorities came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges. we said no, we believe in peace and nonviolence. that was may 9, 1961. in february 09, less than a month after president barack obama had been inaugurated as president and another man that has attacked us came to the congressional office here on capitol hill and said i'm one of the people that beat you. will you forgive me? i want to apologize. his son had been encouraging to see killed the people that he had attacked. i said yes i accept your apology. i forgive you. his son started crying and he started crying, i started crying. he gave me a hug and i hugged him back. i have seen him three of her times. he called me brother and i called him brother. that is what the movement was about, reconciliation. this book is about reconciliation. [applause] we are one people, we are one
the same afternoon my seatmate, a young gentleman by the name of aber from connecticut real we tried to enter a so-called white waiting room and we were met by a group of men who beat us and left us lobbying in a pool of blood. the local authorities came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges. we said no, we believe in peace and nonviolence. that was may 9, 1961. in february 09, less than a month after president barack obama had been inaugurated as president and another man...
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state to change its criminal past, and that was in 1961, and in the next state to do it was in 1968 in connecticut. by 2003 when the texas law was cut down by the supreme court, there were still six states that had those laws, so-called laws, and one of them still refuses to take it off the book, and that's alabama i believe, and so the advancement of gay people in our society has been arguous. i don't have the audacity to tell you it's long because others have a much longer history, and if i were speaking to a room full of native americans, i don't know how i'd be addressing this. even in a room where many of you are female, i'm reminded that the amendment was written in 1920, and it still has not been ratified, so 1920 was the year that women were given the right to vote constitutionally, the equal amendment still hanging out there without radification, so we have a long way to go in our society in addressing all of these issues, and there are groups which make it very difficult for us to address them at all. someone asked me, well, what's going to happen when the constituency does have people r
state to change its criminal past, and that was in 1961, and in the next state to do it was in 1968 in connecticut. by 2003 when the texas law was cut down by the supreme court, there were still six states that had those laws, so-called laws, and one of them still refuses to take it off the book, and that's alabama i believe, and so the advancement of gay people in our society has been arguous. i don't have the audacity to tell you it's long because others have a much longer history, and if i...
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when i was in connecticut, he lived this connecticut most of the time. he worked for ross. ross the editor of the new yorker. and their relationship and his relationship with the eb white, the author of "charlotte's web" solidified him as a writer in the american's eye. most of them were published in the new yorker and his cartoons got rave reviews. people loved them. as primitive as they are. theytured something. a fun story we sell on the short video i like to tell is how a real person came in to ross was irritated. how can you turn down my work and print the fifth rate artist cartoon. no, third rate artist. he said. they had quite a fun working relationship. it inspired them to write a book called "my years with ross ." he wrote a play which was made in to a movie. a wonderful movie. if you're a strong buckeye fan, many of us are buckeyes. isn't fond of the football program at ohio state. he tooks some shots at. very indirectly. he never refers to the university by name. but it's quite a fun film. walter played by danny is pictured here. that's another thing appreciate o
when i was in connecticut, he lived this connecticut most of the time. he worked for ross. ross the editor of the new yorker. and their relationship and his relationship with the eb white, the author of "charlotte's web" solidified him as a writer in the american's eye. most of them were published in the new yorker and his cartoons got rave reviews. people loved them. as primitive as they are. theytured something. a fun story we sell on the short video i like to tell is how a real...
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because this is going to be part of the connecticut -- guess what, you're going to have to fight, too. want a fight it's going to be in this state. i know you believe that even in this state with a kind of message, with economic message, with women that a caring about the economy, with all this caring about deficits, that we can win. and so i bless you all, and god bless america. thank you so much. [applause] on behalf of the connecticut republican party, a small gift of our appreciation to ann romney. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> i have seen to earn a certain place where people will listen to me, and i've always cared about the country. and the greatest generation writing that book gave me a kind of a platform that was completely unanticipated. so i thought i ought not to squander that. so i ought to step up as not just as a citizen and as a journalist but as a father and a husband and a grandfather, and if i see these things i ought to write about them and tried to start this dialogue, which i was time to do with his book about what we need to get to next. >> in his la
because this is going to be part of the connecticut -- guess what, you're going to have to fight, too. want a fight it's going to be in this state. i know you believe that even in this state with a kind of message, with economic message, with women that a caring about the economy, with all this caring about deficits, that we can win. and so i bless you all, and god bless america. thank you so much. [applause] on behalf of the connecticut republican party, a small gift of our appreciation to ann...
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. >> and a any similar efforts in connecticut for getting to the jobs that may have existed in connecticut? >> by the way i agree with the governor on this point as i have on many of the points he has made. in our bipartisan jobs though we actually allocated funds to take an award-winning program at one of our community colleges, which has been in existence, this program for 12 years training precision manufacturing and returning folks who may have lost their jobs and lower lever on manufacturing to be in precision manufacturing with a 98 to 100% replacement rate on completion of that probe ramp at what i found when i became governor set program had not been replicated in any other the committee colleges in the state and our bipartisan jobs program we passed and i referenced in my prior testimony, we are going to replicate that program and three additional community colleges with operating dollars and we are going to replicated in three of our vo-tech school so we will graduate people from high school or community college is who will be prepared to take those precision manufacturing jobs.
. >> and a any similar efforts in connecticut for getting to the jobs that may have existed in connecticut? >> by the way i agree with the governor on this point as i have on many of the points he has made. in our bipartisan jobs though we actually allocated funds to take an award-winning program at one of our community colleges, which has been in existence, this program for 12 years training precision manufacturing and returning folks who may have lost their jobs and lower lever on...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of s. 2038 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 301, s. 2038, a bill to prohibit members of congress and employees of congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit and for other purposes. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. madam president, it's a new day, and with it comes the hope that we will make some more progress than we did yesterday. actually we were prepared after some good work by the four of us, senator collins, senator brown, the occupant of the chair, senator gillibrand, and a our staffs to 0 mover forward, unfortunately, we were blocked in that but efforts continue to allow to us at least proceed with the amendment that senator paul introduced that was modified or prepar
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of s. 2038 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 301, s. 2038, a bill to prohibit members of congress and employees of congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official...
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different subject, i was recently approached by a couple, a same-sex couple who were married under connecticut law. one of them is a citizen of the united states. the other is not, and i wrote to you and i want to thank you for your assistance in connection with their application for a green card to be help. you are probably familiar with the problems that arise under the circumstances, but eventually we need a solution like the uniting families in america act that can provide some longer-term solution to this problem. but i wonder whether we can establish a policy of not deporting or in other words holding green cards for same-sex couples, one of whom is here. the other seeking a green card. >> senator, legal advice we have been given is that unless and until the law is overturned, by the court, and i'm talking as to doma, which we have, the department of justice have urged to be done, that until that happens, we cannot unilaterally give green cards based on that. what we have done however is, when we have same-sex couples, if they fall within the other criteria of our priority memo, our pres
different subject, i was recently approached by a couple, a same-sex couple who were married under connecticut law. one of them is a citizen of the united states. the other is not, and i wrote to you and i want to thank you for your assistance in connection with their application for a green card to be help. you are probably familiar with the problems that arise under the circumstances, but eventually we need a solution like the uniting families in america act that can provide some longer-term...
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tells about a place like connecticut. >> well, connecticut right now is looking -- they are looking to, for some people, looking to eliminate coverage that had assets over $10 # ,000 and have limited income. we want to be careful talking about cutting medicaid, especially in all the states. we are not cutting the whole program, limited amount of people in that state, but, again, connecticut, like a number of states faces financial issues, and they are looking to see where they may have place to limit to some degree who qualify, and, again, this may just be some short term thing because, again, in 2014, some of the things cut now may be restored in 2014, and that's why some of the these cuts -- that's why the cuts today are a big issue. as we pointed out, states cutting medicaid, this happens each time the economy goes down. it's nothing new. what's new this year as we are getting closer to the expansion, so people worry about, well, hey, how can we cut now on the verge of the major expansion? won't this hurt the cause? we want more doctors. we want hospitals to, up and down services. s
tells about a place like connecticut. >> well, connecticut right now is looking -- they are looking to, for some people, looking to eliminate coverage that had assets over $10 # ,000 and have limited income. we want to be careful talking about cutting medicaid, especially in all the states. we are not cutting the whole program, limited amount of people in that state, but, again, connecticut, like a number of states faces financial issues, and they are looking to see where they may have...
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i decided to grow a banana in connecticut and -- bad idea. it did well through july and august and then just turned black as i have seen anything in my life. as black as the sky at 4:00 in the morning. i thought this would mess up my son's sense of how the world works so i went to the store and got a bunch of bananas and put them up and told him to take a look and see what is going on. he went crazy. it is growing bananas! very exciting and so -- why are there stickers on these bananas? >> do they grow like that, daddy? sam starts doing very well. some of his initial early trips to central america. >> vertical integration was a big fan and a business story is the thing. early on there was because it isn't a free it is very vulnerable. grows fast and there's a lot of fruit and it bears fruit all year long so it is fantastic but very vulnerable and one of the ways is it doesn't have roots. grows -- the wind knocked down so hurricanes can destroy a whole crop. in 1899, year without bananas. almost the entire banana crop of the boston fruit compa
i decided to grow a banana in connecticut and -- bad idea. it did well through july and august and then just turned black as i have seen anything in my life. as black as the sky at 4:00 in the morning. i thought this would mess up my son's sense of how the world works so i went to the store and got a bunch of bananas and put them up and told him to take a look and see what is going on. he went crazy. it is growing bananas! very exciting and so -- why are there stickers on these bananas?...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. may i ask that the quorum call be lifted, please. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor today, mr. president, and join in supporting strongly and i hope persuasively the voices of my colleagues in favor of the bring jobs home act. the bring jobs home act is a measure that contains some provisions that are partly nov novel, not complex, a matter of common sense. they involve some of the basic ideas that we have advanced and advocated in this chamber for sometime. they are measures that are contained in a proposal very eloquently argued for by my colleague, senator stabenow, and i thank her for her leadership, as well as for leader reid's leadership in bringing this michigameasure to the floor now. very simply, the bring jobs home act will restore jobs to this country with two simple, straightforward provisions, very simply, this measure provides a 20% tax credit for the expenses incurred in moving facilities o
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. may i ask that the quorum call be lifted, please. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor today, mr. president, and join in supporting strongly and i hope persuasively the voices of my colleagues in favor of the bring jobs home act. the bring jobs home act is a measure that contains some provisions that are partly nov novel,...
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the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: mr. president i support senator tester's amendment. it simply creates safeguards to ensure that the post office when it closes -- the postal service when it closes a post office does so as a result of a process that is transparent and takes into account the unique needs of communities, particularly small towns and rural areas. this does not stop the decision-making process at the postal service to change the postal service. it makes it transparent and fair. mr. president, if i may at this time, i would ask unanimous consent that if a voice vote is requested and acceptable for any of the amendments relative to the postal reform bill, including it one that the 60-vote affirmative vote requirement be waived for that amendment. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. lieberman: while i am a on it, i want to note for the benefit of our colleagues that on the list of 39 amendments, the first amendment was senator mccain's amendment number 2001. he did no
the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: mr. president i support senator tester's amendment. it simply creates safeguards to ensure that the post office when it closes -- the postal service when it closes a post office does so as a result of a process that is transparent and takes into account the unique needs of communities, particularly small towns and rural areas. this does not stop the decision-making process at the postal service to change the postal service. it makes it transparent...
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of protections for many connecticut consumers. it goes beyond that measure to provide them nationally and to expand on them, particularly in the bankruptcy situation. all too often these gift cards are gifts that keep on taking. they impose draconian deadlines and nonactivity fees and charges that are abusive and detract from the value unfairly and unconscionably. and this measure would extend protections to consumers who lose their value and simply fatten the bottom line of the companies that exploit them and detract from the cash -- and it is cash -- that consumers have paid for their value. i thank the president, and i yield the floor. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum quorum quorum call:
of protections for many connecticut consumers. it goes beyond that measure to provide them nationally and to expand on them, particularly in the bankruptcy situation. all too often these gift cards are gifts that keep on taking. they impose draconian deadlines and nonactivity fees and charges that are abusive and detract from the value unfairly and unconscionably. and this measure would extend protections to consumers who lose their value and simply fatten the bottom line of the companies that...
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university of connecticut professor kenneth couch estimates that a 1 dollar rise in the minimum wage in the current economic environment would further reduce teen unemployment opportunities by at least 140,000 jobs. one of the modern manifestations of racist ideology is the assumption that everyone else operates on the basis of incentives except for african-americans. blacks don't think. they simply do what they are told. told where to live, told where to shop, told where they have to send their children to school and so on. choice, freedom, preference, options, personal decisions. those are for more sophisticated people, with high level thinking skills, those who deserve freedom. often these are called elites. and the rest of us, the elites say, the elites joy -- enjoy their own freedoms but do not really believe that others are capable of exercising the same freedom. yeah. so they position themselves as decision-makers for others who are not nearly as enlightening as they are. if blacks were consider people with equal dignity, a prospective employee would be free to negotiate her o
university of connecticut professor kenneth couch estimates that a 1 dollar rise in the minimum wage in the current economic environment would further reduce teen unemployment opportunities by at least 140,000 jobs. one of the modern manifestations of racist ideology is the assumption that everyone else operates on the basis of incentives except for african-americans. blacks don't think. they simply do what they are told. told where to live, told where to shop, told where they have to send...
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i stood out on connecticut avenue one time trying to measure how long it takes for 140 vehicles to pass one point going 14, 15 miles an hour. i think it probably took an hour for our battalion, the yankees from new jersey, to arrive in the south through that old lady's backyard. but a few minutes later, maybe an hour later i had gone over to where the command was in the army, and my colonel came out and said you're going to be the security officer for james maine at this time. meredith. and then i picked, happened picked the best i could find; sharpshooters, self-control. and we were not to be too close to meredith, we were to be 30 seconds of him. and by radio. and i've often said that we could only catch the killer, we really couldn't prevent harm to him because, again, he was a allowed to freely walk across the campus back and forth. so that's how the peanut -- it was called the peanut patrol. hardly something ferocious like bear or tiger, this and that. but a person came by the first day and said what are you going to call your patrol, you have to have a name for it for radio purpos
i stood out on connecticut avenue one time trying to measure how long it takes for 140 vehicles to pass one point going 14, 15 miles an hour. i think it probably took an hour for our battalion, the yankees from new jersey, to arrive in the south through that old lady's backyard. but a few minutes later, maybe an hour later i had gone over to where the command was in the army, and my colonel came out and said you're going to be the security officer for james maine at this time. meredith. and...
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. mr. president, as has just been announced by the clerk, the senate is now considering the motion to proceed to s. 1925, the violence against women reauthorization act. at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon the republican leader or his designee will move to proceed to s.j. res. 36, a resolution of disapproval regarding the nlrb election rule. the time until 4:00 p.m. will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 5:00 p.m. the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of brian wimes to be a u.s. district judge in missouri. and there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of the wimes nomination at 5:30 p.m. mr. president, as you know and our colleagues know, after a lot of work and good-faith negotiations, we reached a bipartisan agreement last week to complete action on the bipartisan postal reform bill tomorrow, with an agreement that includes almost 40 amendments. 39, i believe, is the number to b
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. mr. president, as has just been announced by the clerk, the senate is now considering the motion to proceed to s. 1925, the violence against women reauthorization act. at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon the republican leader or his designee will move to proceed to s.j. res. 36, a resolution of disapproval regarding the nlrb election rule. the time until 4:00 p.m. will be equally divided and controlled between the...
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>> chris dodd the former senator from connecticut who co-authored the help american voter act which was the only piece of bipartisan legislation to pass after the debacle he said level of law must be to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we are america. we can do both. i believe this has to become a partisan issue. the vast majority of americans agree on common sense the one voter registration to be easy and by the way we think it is easy you want to shop anywhere you just send in a postcard and we need to have laws to make sure the voter registration laws are accurate and it's not easy for people to cheat. we can do both. with the fri law in georgia for example they have vans that go around the places that our senior citizen centers that are places where there are people that institutionalized and they sign up people for the free ied. health care mentioned a free ride for people to get their ied to read so in almost all cases the stately comes without reach provisions. and that is we are doing a favor by giving them an idea. .. in fact the one thing that i do know a lot about, bec
>> chris dodd the former senator from connecticut who co-authored the help american voter act which was the only piece of bipartisan legislation to pass after the debacle he said level of law must be to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we are america. we can do both. i believe this has to become a partisan issue. the vast majority of americans agree on common sense the one voter registration to be easy and by the way we think it is easy you want to shop anywhere you just send in a...
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but i grew up in connecticut, and my church, a black baptist church, had a relationship with the synagogue in town. i used to go to the ceremonies and i celebrated all the jewish holidays and the jewish community would come to my church and do things with us. i'm amazed that i don't know the story about rosin walled. i think little projects like that can build bridges. it's an interesting and important relationship the relationship between jews and blacks. >> thank you. [inaudible] on the covers are of the book, there are men, but clearly i know i haven't had a chance to read them. obviously. women are part of the story, right? and so how would you give us a little taste of how women play in to the stories in both of these? >> i'll let you go first. >> okay. i can tell you a little bit about the women in the tuskegee airmen. there's been some debate recently in the airmen ink. i've been a member of the tuskegee airmen for some time. and the last five national conventions i've attended. one of the issues that people are talking about is whether the tuskegee airman name should be tuskegee ai
but i grew up in connecticut, and my church, a black baptist church, had a relationship with the synagogue in town. i used to go to the ceremonies and i celebrated all the jewish holidays and the jewish community would come to my church and do things with us. i'm amazed that i don't know the story about rosin walled. i think little projects like that can build bridges. it's an interesting and important relationship the relationship between jews and blacks. >> thank you. [inaudible] on the...
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i grew up in connecticut, my church, the black baptist church had a relationship with the sing going. i went to the all the ceremonies and celebrated all the jewish holidays and the so you wish children would come to my church and do things with us. i'm amazed i don't know the story about rosenwald. i think little projects like that can build bridges. it's ab interesting and important relationship the relationship between jews and blacks. [inaudible] the book there are -- [inaudible] clearly i know i haven't had a chance to read them, obviously. women are part of the story; right? how would you give us a little taste of how women play in to the story in both of these? >> you go first. okay. >> i can tell you a little bit about the women and the tuskegee airmen. there's been some debate recently in the tuskegee airman incorporated. i've been a member for some time and the last five national conventions i've attended and one of the issues that people are talking about is whether the tuskegee airmen name should be called it's tuskegee airmen or tuskegee air women. because women were invo
i grew up in connecticut, my church, the black baptist church had a relationship with the sing going. i went to the all the ceremonies and celebrated all the jewish holidays and the so you wish children would come to my church and do things with us. i'm amazed i don't know the story about rosenwald. i think little projects like that can build bridges. it's ab interesting and important relationship the relationship between jews and blacks. [inaudible] the book there are -- [inaudible] clearly i...
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when he was in connecticut loss was the editor of the new yorker and their relationship and his relationship with the author of charlotte's web really solidified then as a writer. most of the short pieces were published originally in the new yorker and the cartoons got rave reviews. people love him. as primitive as they are the captured something in a fun story that we tell them the video that i want to tell is how a real cartoonist cayman and was irritated and said how can you turn down my work and print this fifth great artist khartoum? no, ross interrupted, third great artist, he said, so they have quite the fun working relationship and he even had a book called my years with ross and road book made into a movie. a wonderful movie but if you are a strong dhaka - and in columbus many of us are buckeyes he isn't fond of the football program at ohio state and he takes some shots at it though indirectly because he never refers to the university by name but it's a fun film. walter has his picture. that is another thing people of tennessee. it's one of his better known pieces because was put in
when he was in connecticut loss was the editor of the new yorker and their relationship and his relationship with the author of charlotte's web really solidified then as a writer. most of the short pieces were published originally in the new yorker and the cartoons got rave reviews. people love him. as primitive as they are the captured something in a fun story that we tell them the video that i want to tell is how a real cartoonist cayman and was irritated and said how can you turn down my...
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connecticut's fourth district and greenwich and stamford, that's also 10,000. coming down from there, some of those districts that are in this topic area are democratically held. how are you hearing from democrats and republicans on this issue? we have carolyn maloney, a representative from new york's 14th come henry waxman for the 40th. >> guest: it's interesting because we take a look of the most fluid district in the nation held by the democratic members from somebody that sometimes isn't always in favor of cutting taxes for the well-off americans. but, you know, at the same time you have democrats that recognize the good tax policy, for example senator chuck schumer is always nervous about raising taxes too much. the financial industry's on capital gains because it will have a major impact on new york city. it's went be very interesting to see how the members come out and what they decide to do when some of the constituents are going to be so adversely affected. >> host: there is the argument some people as expressed on tour as well as the callers that the
connecticut's fourth district and greenwich and stamford, that's also 10,000. coming down from there, some of those districts that are in this topic area are democratically held. how are you hearing from democrats and republicans on this issue? we have carolyn maloney, a representative from new york's 14th come henry waxman for the 40th. >> guest: it's interesting because we take a look of the most fluid district in the nation held by the democratic members from somebody that sometimes...
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harkin: i yield to my good friend, the senator from connecticut. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i join the distinguished leader of the committee on health, education, labor and welfare in opposing senate joint resolution 36 and to support the national labor relations board rule that would, very simply, modernize the process workers use to decide whether they want to form a union. right from the start, let's be very clear about what is at stake here. it is a rule that the national labor relations board has formulated pursuant to the administrative procedure act set by the congress of the united states after comment that was solicited from all the relevant stakeholders and people who would be affected by it. and they are rules that are long overdue because of the inconsistency and delays that are endemic to the current process. as i travel around the state of connecticut and i hear from people around the country, i
harkin: i yield to my good friend, the senator from connecticut. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i join the distinguished leader of the committee on health, education, labor and welfare in opposing senate joint resolution 36 and to support the national labor relations board rule that would, very simply, modernize the process workers use to decide whether they...
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and i will get to that in the second of my mother grew up in an industrial town in waterbury connecticut which is a pretty large aberration as well as she grew up in an italian ghetto. she didn't speak english until she went to school and you know, it's amazing that in her lifetime, i mean i have looked at my grandfather who i am named after. you know they noted things that he was from southern italy. he wasn't from northern italy because italians will be quick to tell you africa begins in rome and you know his complexion was noted in the ship's manifest. he was a little bit dusky i guess and he never spoke english. his daughter and his children didn't speak english until they went to grammar school. d lifetime, not only were italians fully part of the american fabric but you know they were one of the exemplary immigrant that had assimilated and changed american culture. c-span: how big of a slur is calling an italian heritage that? >> guest: it at and it's probably worse now than it was say in the 1930s. joe dimaggio, the baseball player who is one of the first huge italian athletes spo
and i will get to that in the second of my mother grew up in an industrial town in waterbury connecticut which is a pretty large aberration as well as she grew up in an italian ghetto. she didn't speak english until she went to school and you know, it's amazing that in her lifetime, i mean i have looked at my grandfather who i am named after. you know they noted things that he was from southern italy. he wasn't from northern italy because italians will be quick to tell you africa begins in rome...
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teacher came up to me and said, i can't believe it, i never heard of the schools, but i grew up in connecticut, and my church, a black baptist church, had a relationship with the synagogue in town, and she i used to go to all the celebrations and celebrated all the jewish holidays, and the jewish children came to our church and did things with us. i'm amazed i don't know this story. i think little projects like that can build bridges. it's an interesting and important relationship, the relationship between jews and blacks. >> thank you, fascinating work. on the covers of the book, there's men, but clearly, i know i have not had a chance to read them, obviously, but women are a part of the story; right? how would you give us a little taste of how women play in the stories in both of these books? >> i'll let you go first. >> okay. well, i can tell you a little bit about the women and the toc -- tuskgeegee airmen irn corporated, and the last five conventions i attended, and one of the issues is whether the airmen people should be airmen or airmen and women. women were involved from the beginning,
teacher came up to me and said, i can't believe it, i never heard of the schools, but i grew up in connecticut, and my church, a black baptist church, had a relationship with the synagogue in town, and she i used to go to all the celebrations and celebrated all the jewish holidays, and the jewish children came to our church and did things with us. i'm amazed i don't know this story. i think little projects like that can build bridges. it's an interesting and important relationship, the...
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what that will do is force california and tennessee and connecticut and iowa to look in their state budgets, to take the money that most likely would have gone for the colleges and community colleges and public universities, and instead spend it on medicaid. those federal medicaid mandates are soaking up money that would otherwise go to public colleges and universities and as a result of that the universities are raising tuition, as a result of that loans are up, students are fasting, and the president's on the campaign trail promising to fix it. let's talk about his fix. first, it is the political season, and so students as well as senators and all of us need to listen very carefully when someone begins to stir the crowd about a popular issue and surely being able to pay for college is a popular issue. we hope that all american students who want to go to a higher education will be able to go, will be able to afford to go. and our federal government goes to great efforts to make that possible. half of the students who go to colleges and universities in america, and there are 6,000 of them o
what that will do is force california and tennessee and connecticut and iowa to look in their state budgets, to take the money that most likely would have gone for the colleges and community colleges and public universities, and instead spend it on medicaid. those federal medicaid mandates are soaking up money that would otherwise go to public colleges and universities and as a result of that the universities are raising tuition, as a result of that loans are up, students are fasting, and the...
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we're so deeply saddened to hear the news from newtown, connecticut, on friday. as a parent, nothing in life is more important than the protection of our children. the death of a child, there is no recovery from. my heart goes out to all the families who lost loved ones in this unspeakable tragedy. last night, we learned the death of -- learned of the death of our colleague, senator inouye. i want to mention today that just this past sunday, over the weekend, grief struck the capital city of kansas in my home state. officer jeff athalate fatally shot while on duty, investigating drug activity occurring inside a vehicle outside a neighborhood grocery store. as they approached the vehicle and orbded the okay -- ordered the occupants to get out the gunmen took the lives of both officers. when we lose someone in a community in kansas, it's not just a name. it's somebody we go to church with. it's somebody we know and care about. these individuals are that to their friends and family in topeka and across our state. david had been part of the topeka police department f
we're so deeply saddened to hear the news from newtown, connecticut, on friday. as a parent, nothing in life is more important than the protection of our children. the death of a child, there is no recovery from. my heart goes out to all the families who lost loved ones in this unspeakable tragedy. last night, we learned the death of -- learned of the death of our colleague, senator inouye. i want to mention today that just this past sunday, over the weekend, grief struck the capital city of...
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what that will do is force california and tennessee and connecticut and iowa to look in their state budgets, to take the money that most likely would have gone for the colleges and community colleges and public universities, and instead spend it on medicaid. those federal medicaid mandates are soaking up money that would otherwise go to public colleges and universities and as a result of that the universities are raising tuition, as a result of that loans are up, students are fasting, and the president's on the campaign trail promising to fix it. let's talk about his fix. first, it is the political season, and so students as well as senators and all of us need to listen very carefully when someone begins to stir the crowd about a popular issue and surely being able to pay for college is a popular issue. we hope that all american students who want to go to a higher education will be able to go, will be able to afford to go. and our federal government goes to great efforts to make that possible. half of the students who go to colleges and universities in america, and there are 6,000 of them o
what that will do is force california and tennessee and connecticut and iowa to look in their state budgets, to take the money that most likely would have gone for the colleges and community colleges and public universities, and instead spend it on medicaid. those federal medicaid mandates are soaking up money that would otherwise go to public colleges and universities and as a result of that the universities are raising tuition, as a result of that loans are up, students are fasting, and the...
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eyes hurt out on connecticut avenue trying to measure how long it takes her 140 vehicles to pass one point going 14 or 15 miles an hour. i think it probably took an hour. the yankees from new jersey to arrive in the south through that old lady's backyard. a few minutes later, maybe an hour later, i had gone over to where the command was in the armory and my colonel came out and said, you are going to be the security officer for james meredith. and then i had to take the best i could find. sharpshooters, self-controlled and we were not to be too close to meredith. 30 seconds of him and on my radio and i've often said we can only catch the killer and we really couldn't prevent harm to him. again he was allowed to freely walk across across the campus back-and-forth. so that is -- it was called the peanut patrol. hardly something ferocious like a bear or a tiger but a person came by the first day and said what he is going to call your patrol? you have to have a name for it for radio purposes, then sterile, providence college 1961 was reading a peanuts cartoon from the local newspaper and
eyes hurt out on connecticut avenue trying to measure how long it takes her 140 vehicles to pass one point going 14 or 15 miles an hour. i think it probably took an hour. the yankees from new jersey to arrive in the south through that old lady's backyard. a few minutes later, maybe an hour later, i had gone over to where the command was in the armory and my colonel came out and said, you are going to be the security officer for james meredith. and then i had to take the best i could find....
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the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: madam president, it's an honor to join in this colloquy with my friend from arizona, though i, obviously, take no pleasure in it because it's a -- it's an outcry, a kri de corps, a cry of the out about the slaughter going on in syria now, once again with the government killing its own people to maintain its own presence in power. and it's an outcry because essentially now for more than a year, the rest of the world, including the united states, has offered these victims of the brutal violence of the bashir al assad regime in da msk us -- in damascus, essentially words, words of condemnation, words of sympathy. but those words or the few cell phones we've given them, those syrian freedom fighters, don't -- don't stand up against assad's tanks, his -- his guns, the brutality of his forces. and so i'd say the answer to the question that my friend from arizona posed -- how many more people have to be killed? -- obviously, too many people have already been killed. it's time for
the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: madam president, it's an honor to join in this colloquy with my friend from arizona, though i, obviously, take no pleasure in it because it's a -- it's an outcry, a kri de corps, a cry of the out about the slaughter going on in syria now, once again with the government killing its own people to maintain its own presence in power. and it's an outcry because essentially now for more than a year, the rest of the world, including...
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on the same afternoon, a yahweh gentleman by the name of abbott, bigelow, wonderful man from connecticut. the two of us tried to enter a so-called weight waiting room. we were met by a group of young men who beat some of the slaying of april were. the local authorities came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges. we said no, we believe in peace and love and nonviolence. it was may 9, 1961. in february of 09, less than a month after president iraq obama had been inaugurated as president, one of the young men that had attacked us came to my congressional office on capitol hill and said mr. lewis, i'm one of the people of the e.u. will you forgive me? i want to apologize. his son had been encouraging his father to go out and seek other of. i said yes, i accept your apology. i forgive you. his son started crying, he started crying, i started crying. he gave me a hug, i hate that. then i seen this gentleman three other times. he called a brother and i called them better. that's what the movement was all about, to be reconciled. [applause] this book is about reconciliation. i
on the same afternoon, a yahweh gentleman by the name of abbott, bigelow, wonderful man from connecticut. the two of us tried to enter a so-called weight waiting room. we were met by a group of young men who beat some of the slaying of april were. the local authorities came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges. we said no, we believe in peace and love and nonviolence. it was may 9, 1961. in february of 09, less than a month after president iraq obama had been inaugurated as...
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i just traveled an hour and a half to stanford connecticut for a technology job and after doing a great job was turned away because i was told i live too far away and i would leave them. i am the most loyal person and because of that loyalty, i am not employable. i am highly overeducated and a lot of different areas, and when they look at someone like me they go, what do we do with you? what is the direction of someone like myself who is committed to the community, who digs in and goes wherever i go and tries to make it better but gets turned away? what does someone like myself do do. >> technology. you are looking for the technology job? julian was talking about the engineer's. >> it is more about the creative side and the contest. >> when i get turned away from those creative conditions because of who we look like. so it is each one teach one. education jobs have been downsized. >> i was just at borders yesterday and at the everything must go sale and what i realized is a been though everything must go and everything was discounted the books were still more expensive than i could lie
i just traveled an hour and a half to stanford connecticut for a technology job and after doing a great job was turned away because i was told i live too far away and i would leave them. i am the most loyal person and because of that loyalty, i am not employable. i am highly overeducated and a lot of different areas, and when they look at someone like me they go, what do we do with you? what is the direction of someone like myself who is committed to the community, who digs in and goes wherever...
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the senator from connecticut says where do we go from here? i think that's right on. there's no question in my mind that the relationships that senator mccain and senator graham have built overseas made a difference for the united states and our foreign policy. and this is a clear example of it. when we sat down with field marshal tantawi, when we met with the other government leaders, even when we met with the muslim brotherhood, the fact that there was a relationship there, that they knew these individuals, there was some level of trust there that enabled us to engage in very important communication that produced a message that i think was integral to resolution of this situation which could have been a very bad one. so this -- these relationships matter when we talk about working with other countries, particularly in that part of the world when there are so many differences between our countries and how we operate, having some relationships where people can sit down, have these discussions and talk about how we work together and foster some mutual agreement and som
the senator from connecticut says where do we go from here? i think that's right on. there's no question in my mind that the relationships that senator mccain and senator graham have built overseas made a difference for the united states and our foreign policy. and this is a clear example of it. when we sat down with field marshal tantawi, when we met with the other government leaders, even when we met with the muslim brotherhood, the fact that there was a relationship there, that they knew...
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gratitude to the people of connecticut who have entrusted me with the privilege of public service for 40 years, the last 24 in the united states senate. gratitude to my senate colleagues to micom tanakh as france and the tablet has been such an honor to serve. gratitude to other people without whose help, hard work and the port, i never would have made it to the senate or state here. the gifted and hard-working staff in connecticut and washington are supported, informed and enrichment service here in the volunteers in my campaign to give so much and asked for nothing in return except that i do what i believe is right. gratitude to all those who labor out of view in the corridors of this capitol building from the maintenance crews to the capitol police and everybody else anywhere in this building. thank you for keeping our capital running in keeping us safe. and gratitude, most of all to my family and they've given me every day of my life. my parents, grandparents and siblings, children and grandchildren and my wife of almost 30 years now, the love of my life who has been my constant c
gratitude to the people of connecticut who have entrusted me with the privilege of public service for 40 years, the last 24 in the united states senate. gratitude to my senate colleagues to micom tanakh as france and the tablet has been such an honor to serve. gratitude to other people without whose help, hard work and the port, i never would have made it to the senate or state here. the gifted and hard-working staff in connecticut and washington are supported, informed and enrichment service...
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other views from the local papers saying that reports are showing slow gains in the area as far as connecticut regaining lost jobs. talk about the recovery aspects. >> guest: well, this has been the huge disappointment to the economists including me. i have long argued that there should have been more action, much more stimulus actually because what we know now is that the -- the president got -- it was split over many years, and actually only offset cutting going on at the state level so there was actually, if you add federal and state together, there was almost no net stimulus an we really needed the stimulus, and the federal reserve, which has been very aggressive, could have done more. i was pushing it to do more, but the recovery's been weaker than anyone, even the administration or the fed, expected, and that, i think, we are learning more about that. we think it has to do with the fact that the financial crisis have longer lasting effects than other types of recessions so they make for slower recoveries, and therefore, you need more policies, and that, i think, was not well known before
other views from the local papers saying that reports are showing slow gains in the area as far as connecticut regaining lost jobs. talk about the recovery aspects. >> guest: well, this has been the huge disappointment to the economists including me. i have long argued that there should have been more action, much more stimulus actually because what we know now is that the -- the president got -- it was split over many years, and actually only offset cutting going on at the state level so...
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historic cases including brown versus board of education which desegregated schools griswald katie connecticut which assembles the constitutional right of privacy and prayer in public schools. sworn in as chief justice of the u.s. supreme court on october the fifth 1953. this is a little under an hour. ..
historic cases including brown versus board of education which desegregated schools griswald katie connecticut which assembles the constitutional right of privacy and prayer in public schools. sworn in as chief justice of the u.s. supreme court on october the fifth 1953. this is a little under an hour. ..
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we know people like senator dodd who, you know, was a powerful senator from connecticut and now is running the motion picture association of america. that's from one great job to another great job, so that's a big move, and someone who deserves to be on the list. there's a lot of reinvolving door action going on every day. >> host: number six is ben bernanke. >> guest: sure. there's a lot of discussion about the economy, and everybody wants to know who is right and wrong. any time news comes out, republicans point to one and democrats to another. ben bernanke has frfted both -- frustrated both sides to a certain extempt, but is still -- extent, but is still viewed as a truth teller, honest broker, and as fed chairman has the only effective tools to actually impact what's happening with the economy, particularly with congress. >> host: just going through the list real quickly here to know -- okay, let me go to seven, dave petraeus, director of the cia. >> guest: sure. general petraeus oversaw operations in afghanistan, now running the cia. hard to get more powerful than that in the terms of
we know people like senator dodd who, you know, was a powerful senator from connecticut and now is running the motion picture association of america. that's from one great job to another great job, so that's a big move, and someone who deserves to be on the list. there's a lot of reinvolving door action going on every day. >> host: number six is ben bernanke. >> guest: sure. there's a lot of discussion about the economy, and everybody wants to know who is right and wrong. any time...
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chris and connecticut. please ask your question for tom brokaw. >> caller: congratulations on a great body of work. i really started my call about my generation, how we did so little work, we didn't volunteer enough, i did, but of course,. [inaudible conversations] what i really thought to talk about right now is the idea of people educating themselves. when i was a kid growing up, my dad had a high school that was self taught with the 1930 judiciary. later on, my next white is actually -- my ex-wife got her high school ged. people need to concentrate on educating themselves, and i was hoping you could encourage that. >> guest: i'm very happy to. i think that we all doing away that we may not even be thinking about. if you google something everyday to find out some piece of information, that is a form of self education. this is about to explode into a new universe in america. harvard, mit and stanford are cooperating in online courses. bill gates talks about the courses that he pays attention to him almost
chris and connecticut. please ask your question for tom brokaw. >> caller: congratulations on a great body of work. i really started my call about my generation, how we did so little work, we didn't volunteer enough, i did, but of course,. [inaudible conversations] what i really thought to talk about right now is the idea of people educating themselves. when i was a kid growing up, my dad had a high school that was self taught with the 1930 judiciary. later on, my next white is actually...
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not to mention the fact that obviously, i mean statistics in connecticut reduction in percentage, i can give you all of those and its dramatic. it's impressive when you look at what was going on and what the news media called the festering sore of afghanistan. you saw pictures of marjah. is a bustling area. i brought congressmencongressmen, senators, anybody. i brought them right there to the market square was no armor are nothing. so, i mean, these stories just need to come back. but i also understand that we are sensitive to the fact that the individual's marines and soldiers are sensitive to the fact that they have got to maintain the highest levels of standards in afghanistan because the impact of negative press, the impact of you know, a marine or a soldier being shot by an afghan soldier or police officer has a powerful impact and it could be 100 great stories in one, so again, i think it's a matter of us one, make sure we maintain and keep our honor clean and maintain the high standards are as we are operating in afghanistan afghanistan and when we come back, that we are informed
not to mention the fact that obviously, i mean statistics in connecticut reduction in percentage, i can give you all of those and its dramatic. it's impressive when you look at what was going on and what the news media called the festering sore of afghanistan. you saw pictures of marjah. is a bustling area. i brought congressmencongressmen, senators, anybody. i brought them right there to the market square was no armor are nothing. so, i mean, these stories just need to come back. but i also...
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in the war in 1814, the new england states get a little conference of hartford, connecticut and flirt with the idea of suss session. so there's all of these forces going on. and i guess after jackson's victory, the glue that comes to hold the country together, i stouth you that without this war and without that glue, then the american union may not survive until the civil war and it may not have come back together as strongly after. other questions? >> you mentioned spain is an ally of britain. that was after they were flown in. there were standing ships involved in opposing -- >> >> yes, things change. and in 1813, duke of wellington engage in the forces on the aye beer i don't know peninsula trying to push them back across the peer niece. and in fact robert frost who leads the invasion on washington and is kill in the invasion against baltimore leads british troops in the pierines prior to being dispatched to the united states. one more question over here? >> how serious was the impressment of sailors? can you talk in numbers? >> it was serious in terms of the thousands. what would
in the war in 1814, the new england states get a little conference of hartford, connecticut and flirt with the idea of suss session. so there's all of these forces going on. and i guess after jackson's victory, the glue that comes to hold the country together, i stouth you that without this war and without that glue, then the american union may not survive until the civil war and it may not have come back together as strongly after. other questions? >> you mentioned spain is an ally of...
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from connecticut. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i, i firmly support this amendment and just briefly, i know we don't have a lot of time, but i serve in the legislature in the state of connecticut, and we were the first state to pass civil unions legislatively without judicial interaction. and i think ms. stenson actually said it quite eloquently, and it's a debate we've had for many years. i don't think this diminishes or degrades marriage. i certainly agree with that. my parents have been married for over 55 years, and, um, you know, i believe in that institution. but i think that these terms have been comingled for so long that we've lost the difference between civil and religious. and i think that this defines this very clearly, yet does not denigrate or take away from what we truly believe as republicans and what we believe in marriage. >> okay. >> thank you. >> we are not going to be able to entertain all the people that want to speak. we'll ask for a couple other comments, and then i
from connecticut. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i, i firmly support this amendment and just briefly, i know we don't have a lot of time, but i serve in the legislature in the state of connecticut, and we were the first state to pass civil unions legislatively without judicial interaction. and i think ms. stenson actually said it quite eloquently, and it's a debate we've had for many years. i don't think this diminishes or degrades marriage. i certainly agree with that....
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he drank with paine, played billiards with paine and built his house next to paine in connecticut. pain was not about to write anything that twain didn't approve of. in fact, correspondence still exists where twain would threaten pain. he started to reading thises or had access to things tape wasn't comfortable with. so lesson number one, hire your own writer. lesson number two, write your at to guy biography, which twain did starting 30 years before his death. he was still living his life as he was recounting this life and his first volume was published last year and was ranked higher than keith richard's' autobiography and i thought that was an interesting moment, mark twain beat a rolling stone. but the by the time the third volume is published you'll have access to 5,000 pages ofmark twain, over half a million works and as twain was dictating his biography, he made it clear this is not about my life as it happened. this is about my life is a wanted it to be, chase great strategy. you're always right, you're funny, your kid thank you for your advice. and this is what twain left
he drank with paine, played billiards with paine and built his house next to paine in connecticut. pain was not about to write anything that twain didn't approve of. in fact, correspondence still exists where twain would threaten pain. he started to reading thises or had access to things tape wasn't comfortable with. so lesson number one, hire your own writer. lesson number two, write your at to guy biography, which twain did starting 30 years before his death. he was still living his life as...
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sallie mae navigate financial challenge posed by the economic crisis and searched e received his ba from connecticut college. miss loonin, if you would begin. >> thank you, senator, and thanks to all of you for inviting me to testify tonight. my name is deann loan-in, and home here on behalf of the low income client wes represent and work with. it's important from the outset when we talk about students who we work with, they aren't just young people going to traditional colleges. it's a very important polys. but actually the face of higher education is much more diverse these days, and we have clients who are what are really called nontraditional students. mean are they're often older when they go back to school. in many cases they are independents. thes and don't have parentses and families to fall back on. so we have clines who are still suffering under the burden of student loan debt throughout their life, and in in some cases parents having cosigned most of our clines have federal student loans but when we saw happen up to the credit crisis was that we were seeing a lot more low-income borrowers
sallie mae navigate financial challenge posed by the economic crisis and searched e received his ba from connecticut college. miss loonin, if you would begin. >> thank you, senator, and thanks to all of you for inviting me to testify tonight. my name is deann loan-in, and home here on behalf of the low income client wes represent and work with. it's important from the outset when we talk about students who we work with, they aren't just young people going to traditional colleges. it's a...
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on that same afternoon, a young white gentleman by the name of avid hello, wonderful man from connecticut. the two of us try to entry so-called white waiting room. we were met by a group of young men who beat us the leftist lane in a pool of blood. a local authorities came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges. we said no, we believe in peace and love and nonviolence. that was may 9, 1961. in february on nine, less than a month after president barack obama had been inoculated as president, one of the young men that had attacked us came to my congressional office on capitol hill and said mr. lewis, i'm one of the people that beat you, will you forgive me? i want to apologize. he had been encouraging his father to go and seek out people he had attacked. i said yes, i accept your apology. i forgive you. his son started crying, he started crying, i started crying. he gave me a hug. i hugged him back. since then i've seen this documentary of their times. he calls a brother and i call him brother. that's what the movement was all about. but this book is about reconciliation.
on that same afternoon, a young white gentleman by the name of avid hello, wonderful man from connecticut. the two of us try to entry so-called white waiting room. we were met by a group of young men who beat us the leftist lane in a pool of blood. a local authorities came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges. we said no, we believe in peace and love and nonviolence. that was may 9, 1961. in february on nine, less than a month after president barack obama had been inoculated...
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madam president, i would like to say a few words about my friend, joe lieberman, the gentleman from connecticut. shortly after i arrived in the senate, senator lieberman was april signed to serve as my mentor. someone from the other side of the aisle who would be a source of wisdom and guidance as i made my way in my first term in the senate. i considered myself extremely fortunate that he agreed to mentor me. we are both from new england, we both had the privilege of serving our state as attorney general and have a deep respect for the rule of law, and we are both deeply concerned about issues impacting the security of our country. over the last two years, i have been able to work with senator lieberman more closely, and i have personally seen his character, his courage, and his conviction. both in tone and in substance, senator lieberman has been one of the most respected and effective statesmen in the history of this institution. someone who transcended politics to stand up for what he believed in and what he believed was right on behalf of our country. senator lieberman understands that nei
madam president, i would like to say a few words about my friend, joe lieberman, the gentleman from connecticut. shortly after i arrived in the senate, senator lieberman was april signed to serve as my mentor. someone from the other side of the aisle who would be a source of wisdom and guidance as i made my way in my first term in the senate. i considered myself extremely fortunate that he agreed to mentor me. we are both from new england, we both had the privilege of serving our state as...
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chris and connecticut. please ask your question for tom brokaw. >> caller: congratulations on a great body of work. i really started my call about my generation, how we did so little work, we didn't volunteer enough, i did, but of course,. [inaudible conversations] what i really thought to talk about right now is the idea of people educating themselves. when i was a kid growing up, my dad had a high school that was self taught with the 1930 judiciary. later on, my next white is actually -- my ex-wife got her high school ged. people need to concentrate on educating themselves, and i was hoping you could encourage that. >> guest: i'm very happy to. i think that we all doing away that we may not even be thinking about. if you google something everyday to find out some piece of information, that is a form of self education. this is about to explode into a new universe in america. harvard, mit and stanford are cooperating in online courses. bill gates talks about the courses that he pays attention to him almost
chris and connecticut. please ask your question for tom brokaw. >> caller: congratulations on a great body of work. i really started my call about my generation, how we did so little work, we didn't volunteer enough, i did, but of course,. [inaudible conversations] what i really thought to talk about right now is the idea of people educating themselves. when i was a kid growing up, my dad had a high school that was self taught with the 1930 judiciary. later on, my next white is actually...
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and for connecticut, that's just under 10%. there are many more statistics that show that unemployment rates for these young veterans, particularly for our enlisted men and women coming back from iraq and afghanistan, are hiring -- some would estimate double the average pop reagan -- popule across the country. and they are a commitment of our obligation unfulfilled so far by the greatest nation in the history of the world. and too often in our history we have failed to keep faith and we have left veterans behind. i have advocated measures in health care and counseling, training, employment opportunities, but i want to focus on one measure in particular where all of us join forces and reached a consensus as recently as last november. the veterans job corps act of 2012 is a new measure that would provide opportunities in conservation and in other kinds of public service, fire fighting and police. but there's an existing measure whose very life is threatened because it will expire in 2012. this measure is the vow to hire heroes ac
and for connecticut, that's just under 10%. there are many more statistics that show that unemployment rates for these young veterans, particularly for our enlisted men and women coming back from iraq and afghanistan, are hiring -- some would estimate double the average pop reagan -- popule across the country. and they are a commitment of our obligation unfulfilled so far by the greatest nation in the history of the world. and too often in our history we have failed to keep faith and we have...
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attorney and an attorney general of my state and connecticut, and i would be very low to create what you have called distractions, defenses, impediments to the effect of law enforcement. but i think that one of the roles of legislation is also to provide guidance and raise awareness and perhaps provide direction to the police or their departments who may not be as aware as your or even other witnesses. specs before, senator blumenthal officers gale, i must take some time to visit your city of denver because it doesn't look like any of the major cities that i visited in my 11 years as tenure of the director of the aclu and with all due respect, you will forgive me for having to point out that you're very optimistic assertion that all is well is not borne out by the data that we already have. let me give you the data that i know quite well in new york city. the country's largest police department. there were from 2002 to 2011 there were more than 4.3 million street stops, 4.3 million. 88% of those, nearly 3.8 million were innocent yorkers. that means they were either arrested for some
attorney and an attorney general of my state and connecticut, and i would be very low to create what you have called distractions, defenses, impediments to the effect of law enforcement. but i think that one of the roles of legislation is also to provide guidance and raise awareness and perhaps provide direction to the police or their departments who may not be as aware as your or even other witnesses. specs before, senator blumenthal officers gale, i must take some time to visit your city of...